This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm an ex-mayor. Los Angeles is a magnet for people from all over the world. Some of them run for public office. Inevitably some of them stray from the golden rule and rule for those that have the gold. That's when I go to work. My name is Yorty. I'm a dead pol.

If Alarcon did indeed falsify his registration he could be charged with a felony.

Among those called to testify sounds like a who's-who of local Democratic party operatives including Chief of Staff Saeed Ali, Communications Director Becca Doten, Ackley Padilla, brother of State Sen. Alex Padilla and Alarcon cousin and district director John de la Rosa.

Will Saeed embellish or modify his testimony as he did for his former boss, Richard Polanco? If he can keep his former boss's mistress on the payroll for years, address verification should be no problem.

But this is Alex's brother's first time under sworn testimony. Will he give up a political future due to his testimony?

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Corrupt politician at it's best. If the guy lived there, how could squatter come into his home. Interviews with neighbors alone from both homes will prove he is not a resident, along with utility bill usage, phone bills, etc. Get ready for the pinstripes.

Nothing will happen. These folks know how to lie under oath and although they state they have the utmost integrity it's all BS. They are the elitest who think they are immune to the law. Enough is enough! Get the bastards, all of them.

Wow, this is a really bad sign for Bernard Parks, too. As Unpleasant Betty wrote, Cooley is in earlier stages of an investigation of Parks, who was registered to vote at one address, took a homeowners exemption on his house outside the City of L.A. on Onacrest, and lived in a third house, all when he ran for the Board of Supervisors. When he got called on it by Expo-line activists, Parks admitted he was cheating on his taxes and paid them. But the clincher is that he committed perjury by signing on his candidate nomination papers that he lived at the address where he was registered. The evidence against Bernie is much stronger than that against Alarcon.